High Energy Laser Advanced Development

Abstract

This program element funds Directed Energy (DE) advanced technology development aimed at translating technology solutions for broadly defined military problems into demonstrated performance pay-offs, increased capabilities, increased supportability, and/or increased affordability. DE weapons systems have many potential advantages, including speed-of-light time-to-target, high precision, nearly unlimited magazine depth, low cost per kill, and reduced logistics requirements because of no need for stocks of munitions or warheads. As a result, DE systems have the potential to perform a wide variety of military missions. Activities conducted under this program element will develop and demonstrate the technology necessary to enable DE system missions across the Department of Defense (DoD).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0603924D8Z_3_0400_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blooming
  • Control Systems
  • Damage
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • High Energy Lasers
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Lasers
  • Power Levels
  • Temperature Control
  • Thermal Blooming
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy

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